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Final ‘War for the Planet of the Apes’ Trailer Pulls All the Heartstrings
Does Woody Harrelson end humanity?
Fox released a final trailer for War for the Planet of the Apes, which is being hailed by many critics as the best film of the year. It’s the final Apes film in a trilogy that acts as a prequel to the original Planet of the Apes. While we know the result, the journey has been incredible, and War looks to stage the battle that ends it all. What’s the main catalyst? Harrelson’s The Colonel, who appears to murder non-violent apes who were living in peace. Caesar (Andy Serkis) snaps and wages a war against mankind that could wipe us out. There’s always one person who ruins everything. Am I right? The footage is pretty emotional and only builds on previously released clips and trailers that are all nothing short of spectacular. Matt Reeves looks to have a cinematic classic on his hands.
“In War for the Planet of the Apes, the third chapter of the critically acclaimed blockbuster franchise, Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet.”
War of the Planet of the Apes ends mankind on July 14, 2017.
Netflix is reuniting with Emilia Perez director Jacques Audiard on an adaptation of French horror novel La Nuit ravagée, Variety reports today.
The project is described as an elevated horror film based on the critically acclaimed horror novel by Jean-Baptiste Del Amo.
It’s set in “Saint-Auch, a fictional suburb on the outskirts of Toulouse in Southern France, in the early 1990s. It follows a group of teenagers drawn to an abandoned house that exerts a strange power on them. After one of their friends dies under disturbing circumstances, they decide to enter the house, not suspecting it’s alive with something supernatural. Once they enter it, it begins to feed on their private fears, desires, and traumas, turning their psychological vulnerabilities into something monstrous and inescapable.“
The French-language Netflix original marks Audiard’s first foray into horror.
The divisive Emilia Perez, Audiard’s Spanish-language musical crime drama, amassed 13 nominations at the 97th Academy Awards but also met with controversy when offensive tweets by star Karla Sofía Gascón during the film’s award campaign.
Del Amo’s source novel was published last year and has been described as an homage to ’80s and ’90s horror in the vein of Stephen King, though its social realism is what lends itself to the elevated horror concept and Audiard’s attachment to the project.
Stay tuned for more as it arrives.
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